Genealogical chain record.



No. 705,833, Patented July 29, I902.

P. w. GEE.

GENEALOGICAL CHAIN RECORD.

(Application flled Apr. 1, 1901. Renewed Dec. '19, 1901.)

(N0 Modal.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATTIE WILLIAMS GEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GENEALOGICAL CHAIN RECORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,833, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed April 1, 1901. Renewed December 19, 1901- Serial No- 88,535. (No model.)

To all whom) it may concern; v

Be it known that I, PATTIE WILLIAMS GEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan and city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Genealogical Chain Records, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for pre serving a family or genealogical record; and it has for its object to provide such a record made up by forming a record-chain composed of elements each of which is an individual or personal record. Each direct ancestor of an individual is provided for by these elements. Notes and references as to collateral branches may be made on the reverse sides of the elements.

In the drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure l is a view showing a chain record embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 shows an element suitable for having the family arms emblazoned or inscribed thereon. Fig. 3 shows an element of circular form detached. I

I In Fig. 1 the elements of individual records A of the chain are represented as of hexagon form, each of some suitable thin material capable of receiving an inscription. For exam ple, it may be of cardboard or celluloid with a light metal frame or border. In it arethree holes a to receive open links B for loosely coupling the elements together. The lines and letters b,. m, and d on the ole ment are for convenience in writing thereon the name and thedates of birth, marriage, and death of the individual.

C designates a terminal element upon which may be blanoned the family arms, if desired.

In order to more conveniently explain the manner of using and making up the record, the elements A are numbered in' ,Fig. 1-that is, in the example shown 1 is the element rep Of course the line may be continued back as far as known or desired by simply coupling on additional elements. I

The male and female elements may be of different colors, if desired, so as to more read ily distinguish them, or the maternal ancestors may all have elements of a different color from those of the male line.

the manner of coupling the individual ele ments together makes the relationship of the individuals to each other apparent at a glance. As each individual descends from two individuals, the three apertures afor connecting the elements will be apparent when the chain is-made' up to show the ancestry of an individual, as in Fig. 1.

The element 0 is not, of course, essential to the record; but the final element of each family line may bear the arms of that line. The link B of the element A numbered 1 may be any form of suspending link or hook.

Ordinarily the elements will be coupled in multiples rather than series-that isto say, each element is coupled to two or more other elements and not merely in series, like the links in a common chain. c

Having thus described my invention, I claim-, I I

1. A genealogical chain record having as record devices for each individual of the family, a seriesof record elements adapted for receiving inscriptions, said elements being loosely coupled together in multiple and each element having about its margin a plurality of holes to receive the coupling devices.

2. A genealogical chain record having as record devices for each individual of a family,- a series of fiat or disk-like record elements adapted for receiving inscriptions and open chain-links loosely coupling together said rec ord elements; the elements having a plurality In witness whereof I have hereunto signed of holes in their margins to receive said open my name, this 22d day of lVIarch, 1901, in the 10' links.

disk-like or flat elements coupled loosely to 5 gether and adapted to receive inscriptions, I

each of said elements having three coupling- Witnesses: apertures, and means for coupling said ele- PETER A. Ross, 'ments together. F. D. DIMAN.

i 3. A genealogical chain record composed of i presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATTIE W'ILLIAMS GEE. 

